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Korean Americans Across the Country Mobilize to End the Korean War
As tensions increase between the United States and North Korea, more than 170 people across the country — mostly Korean Americans — will participate in Korea Peace Advocacy Week, June 13-17, 2022. This nationally coordinated action is particularly timely as North Korea has ramped up testing of ballistic missiles, and South Korea elected a hawkish […]
Read moreMore Than 350 US, South Korean, and International Civil Society Groups Call for Suspending US-ROK Military Exercises and Decreasing Military Tensions on the Korean Peninsula
We, civil society groups in the United States, South Korea, and around the world, urge the governments of the ROK (Republic of Korea, aka South Korea) and the United States to suspend the combined military exercises and to instead actively pursue a path to peace. We are deeply concerned about the recent increase in military […]
Read moreKorea Peace Now! Statement on Outcome of South Korea’s Presidential Election
For immediate release: March 9, 2022 In response to the election of Yoon Seok-youl as the next president of the Republic of Korea (“South Korea”) today, members of the Korea Peace Now! campaign — an international coalition of women’s peace groups advocating for a formal end to the Korean War with a peace agreement — […]
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In Memoriam of Hyun Lee
Sept. 20, 1970-March 7, 2022 Women Cross DMZ and Korea Peace Now! are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved colleague, mentor, teacher, friend and sister, Hyun Lee, passed away on March 7 surrounded by her family and closest friends after a long battle with cancer. Hyun was a tireless advocate for peace on the […]
Read more100 Prominent Women from Over 20 Countries Call on Two High-Ranking Women Diplomats of the United States and North Korea to Set the Table for Peace Talks
For immediate release March 3, 2022 Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, growing conflict between the United States and China, and increasing tensions between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), 100 women leaders from more than 20 countries — including Nobel Peace Laureates, parliamentarians, prominent feminist activists and scholars, writers, […]
Read moreRemarks Delivered on Human Rights Day to the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea and the OHCHR
On December 10, 2021, Youkyoung Ko, a consultant for Korea Peace Now! and WILPF (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom), delivered the following remarks to an event hosted by the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea and the UN OHCHR (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) to celebrate […]
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Recap of Korea Peace Advocacy Week
Our second Korea Peace Advocacy Week in 2021 wrapped up yesterday! In total, 130 people from across the United States contacted 83 members of Congress, and 66 organizations supported this collective effort for Korea peace. We held twice-daily meetings during which constituents contacted their Members of Congress to ask them to support: H,R.3446, the Peace […]
Read moreWATCH: Creating Peace Together
CREATING PEACE TOGETHER 웨비나 녹화 영상을 공유합니다. [톱니바퀴 버튼 – 자막을 누르셔서 한글자막과 함께 시청하실 수 있습니다.자막이 활성화되지 않는 분들께서는 댓글의 유튜브 링크를 눌러주세요.] 한반도 평화를 위한 뉴질랜드 연대에서는 한반도와 세계의 평화를 위해 여성계에서 어떤 활동을 하고 있는지에 대한 웨비나를 가졌습니다. 한국전쟁은 휴전협정 이후 70여년간 아직 전쟁 상태입니다. 이제는 공식적으로 종전하고 한반도와 세계의 평화를 향해 나아가야 […]
Read moreBiden’s Decision to Renew Trump-Era Travel Ban Disappoints Korean Americans, Humanitarian Groups
For immediate release September 1, 2021 Contact: Kathleen Richards Korean Americans and humanitarian groups expressed anger and disappointment with the decision by the US State Department to maintain the travel ban to North Korea for another year. This means that US policy will continue to undermine family reunifications, the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid, and people-to-people […]
Read moreLetter to the US State Department Regarding the Travel Ban to North Korea
Mr. Antony BlinkenSecretary of StateU.S. Department of State2201 C Street, NWWashington, DC 20520 August 2, 2021 Dear Secretary of State Antony Blinken: We write to you on behalf of the LIFT (Let Individuals Freely Travel) campaign, which seeks to reinstate the long-standing U.S. policy that allowed U.S. citizens to travel freely to North Korea. Our […]
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